Tamil Nadu History Congress sets sight on unravelling unexplored dimensions of Dravidian civilisation

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Former Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University P. Jagadeesan addressing the inaugural of 32nd yearly  league   of Tamil Nadu History Congress astatine  Bharathiar University successful  Coimbatore connected  Friday.  

Former Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University P. Jagadeesan addressing the inaugural of 32nd yearly league of Tamil Nadu History Congress astatine Bharathiar University successful Coimbatore connected Friday.   | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M

Unexplored dimensions of glorious past beyond the realms of Pandya, Pallava and Chola dynasties and the civilisation fostered successful the Southern coastlines done oversea way for commercialized good earlier the Indus Valley Civilisation were the absorption points for speakers astatine the 32nd yearly league of Tamil Nadu History Congress that got nether mode astatine Bharathiar University connected Friday.

Providing insights into Aryan vs Dravidian groups pre-eminence theory, Indus Valley Civilisation, and Asiatic Society, erstwhile Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University P. Jagadeesan underscored the request for further researches connected planetary commercialized done oversea routes mentioned successful Sangam Literature to marque Tamil Nadu History comprehensive.

Further studies connected underwater archaeology disconnected Poompuhar seashore wherever beingness of a harbour depicting Egyptian power has been discovered volition propulsion much airy connected the clip lime of Dravidian civilisation, Prof. Jagadeesan said, relating the Indus Valley Civilisation to what helium described arsenic the “18th period conspiracy by European Historians to eclipse pre-eminence of Egyptian civilisation”

Further researches connected past texts relating India’s nexus to Egyptian pyramids indispensable beryllium undertaken to found if the (Dravidian) civilisation done afro-Asian oversea way pre-dated the Aryan civilisation done European onshore route, Prof. Jagadeesan emphasised.

In his inaugural address, Bharathiar University Registrar R. Rajavel said the renewed involvement among young learners for undertaking researches successful captious topics of History was palpable.

Prof. Rajavel aboriginal honoured noted Historian T.M. Kumaresan, erstwhile Principal, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, with the rubric ‘Distinguished Scholar and Historian of Tamil Nadu’.

General caput of Tamil Nadu History Congress S.S. Sundaram installed K. Sankari arsenic its General president connected the occasion.

The probe papers presented during the method sessions of the three-day lawsuit provided caller information connected mentation of ancient, medieval and modern periods of Tamil Nadu History, Organising Secretary R. Udaiachandran, Associate Professor and Head, Department of History and Tourism, Bharathiar University, said.

Published - September 26, 2025 08:35 p.m. IST

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